Being able to add bounties to bugs you want fixed or features to be created is really awesome! I wish all software worked like this. Sadly, for VC-funded unicorn ventures your priorities as a user are usually very low on the totem pole. I have used design software with known bugs that went unfixed for 8 years. Features... forget about em!

It's a huge privilege to be able to "influence" the direction of an app simply by throwing some money at it. It won't always work, but it's better than waiting 8 years 🤣

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Who's funding these bounties? You?

yeah for the stuff I care about

I would love a dedicated gallery post type. I would be willing to pay for that for sure.

💯💥

8 years? You lucky fucker! Obviously never worked in the oil field. I found out last year that the bug spreadsheet with workaround tips and warnings of what not to do to avoid crash to desktop on a piece of oilfield software was still doing the rounds and getting updated. I first came across it in 2009 I think. It’s reasonable though. The package ONLY costs around 70,000 dollars per year. Hard to know how they pay the devs really!

Why wouldn’t good UX be a focus if they want to be a success and squired?

Do you think #bitcoin will help fix incentives and reduce this?

Different priorities. Customers are sometimes plentiful and priorities of some are not priorities of the company

As someone who has worked on the customer side of start-ups, it’s so infuriating. I wish they’d all act this way! Might see some companies make it further…

Right?!